Harkness Fellowship Experience in the US

Hauptstadtkongress, Berlin, 06.06.2008

Prof. Dr. Jonas Schreyögg

Juniorprofessor für Ökonomie und Management von Gesundheitstechnologien, Technische Universität Berlin/Stanford University Personal Background

• Studies in Economics and Management

• PhD in Health Economics

• Based as Researcher at Technische Universität Berlin

• Research fields: Health Economics, Health Services Research and Health Care Management

• Worked in various international contexts in Asia and Europe with WHO, World Bank etc.

-> Attraction of Harkness Fellowship: never worked in the US, CMWF as powerful think tank in the US, Harkness Seminars all over the US Placement

• Commonwealth Fund greatly supported the search for a mentor

• After as few calls -> Alan Garber, Stanford University

• Alan is MD and Economist, has great expertise in empirical work on health services research and has a feeling for policy relevance/impact

-> Alan‘s contributions

• Very sophisticated new statistical techniques • Connection of empirical work and policy impact • Priority setting/management • Bild von Hoover Tower Baseball: Stanford vs. Berkeley

Highlights

• The stimulating atmosphere on the Stanford Campus

• The hospital staff of the Veteran Health Administration

• Meeting with Ulla Schmidt and staff at Stanford

• Commonwealth Fund seminars in New York, Washington and Orlando: Meeting with researchers, policy makers etc.

• Holidays on Hawaii

• and not to forget the Californian sun Back in Germany Career: • One year was best investment ever

• Now Associate Researcher at Stanford

• Further step of career: now Juniorprofessor, next step….

• Frequently invited in Germany as expert for US health care system

Personal: • Much better understanding of US mentality/ society

• Many friends in the US and all over the world (Harkness Fellows)

-> I would always do a second Harkness Fellowship any time….